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Spiced Embossed Shortbread Cookies

Melissa Johnson · breadtopia.com · 30-40 cookies

Against 433 shortbread recipes

Less butter than 97% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less butter than 97% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
Butter: 50%, 2nd percentileSugar: 38%, 45th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0.1%, 38th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 200 grams unsalted butter, room temperature (14 Tbsp)200 g
  • 150g powdered sugar (1 1/4 cups)150 g
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg≈ 0.3 g
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves≈ 0.3 g
  • 1 pinch salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 1 egg≈ 50 g
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract (8.4 grams)8 g
  • 400 grams all purpose flour or spelt whole grain flour (3 cups)400 g

flour 400 gbatter 812 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 433 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter50% · 2nd percentile
  • Sugar38% · 45th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0.1% · 38th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
15 to 30 minutes
median 18 minutes

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